UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE in 2015
At the end of every year at UTBA we collect our members’ thoughts on the excellent shows they have seen…
Wildly funny TAMING OF THE SHREW at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — When the Utah Shakespeare Festival produced its first season in 1962, Fred C. Adams directed the inaugural production, Shakespeare’s The…
Not mad about KING LEAR
CEDAR CITY — In King Lear, the natural order of the world is being destroyed. Families disintegrate. Loyalty becomes dangerous.…
Close the book on SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE FINAL ADVENTURE
CEDAR CITY — In one of the first scenes of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure the title character and his old friend…
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s TWELFTH NIGHT justly “plays on” through the fall
CEDAR CITY — “Shakespeare wrote musicals?” I heard on my way to lobby at intermission. “Why yes, yes he did,”…
INTO THE WOODS was all I could wish for
CEDAR CITY — I have four kids; my oldest is nine. It’s safe to say that I’ve watched my fair…
Shakespeare Festival portrays a realistic politician in KING JOHN
CEDAR CITY — “Might makes right.” This old adage has illustrated that often the person with the strongest army becomes a…
LOVE’S LABOUR’S is just a little bit lost
CEDAR CITY — From the moment you walk into the outdoor Adams Shakespeare Theatre for the Utah Shakespeare Festivals production of…
Utah Shakespeare Festival creates worthwhile MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
CEDAR CITY — There’s a moment, late in The Merry Wives of Windsor, where Peter Simple stands on stage with his arms…
Utah Shakespeare Festival presents touching LES MISERABLES
CEDAR CITY — There’s a song in Les Misérables called “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables,” where the character of Marius mourns…